Weight Reduction Stage 1

[ESPER]

hello!! i have a 95 s14 and was wondering what is the most i can do to lighten up my car?? for instance, what are ALL the possible parts i can take out??

i already removed my spare tire, my passenger seat, my fog lamps and the windsheild washer reservoir!!

[themadscientist]

The entire ac system; condenser, pump, core and all hoses.Power steering pump and hoses, cap off the steering rackDoor panels, headliner, carpet, back seat and rear seat beltsAll sound deadening material on the floor and stuffed in holesremove the fuel tank and put a lil 5 gallon fuel cell in it

need it lighter? time for the hole saw!

[ESPER]

haha u really are a mad scientist!! i aslo got cruise control, does that way significantly??well basically i want to take thinsg out one at a time , and the heaviest things first.

well as far as the spare tire i dont drive it so far on a daily basis, and you cant have a spare tire on the track and stuff.... but yeah it is risky neverthe less, but i got AAA 24 hour road service

MuHAHAhaH :devil

[Exar-Kun]

yeah as in "we'll get to you sometime in 24 hours."

ugh.-chet

[themadscientist]

I have all the "reduction" described on my CA18DE Silvia except the fuel cell, SOON! The car feels like a feather. Oh If you haven't yet throw and electric fan on it if you have a belt driven one. I would like to run an electric water pump as well. People freak out and call me crazy but when I can pull a big old Silvia up next to a Hachiroku with the same power and run side by side in a race or carry a high comp carbed ZC Civic through four gears at will it's worth it!

[ESPER]

madscientis you rock!! ahah well as for AAA they better tow me or something ahah but yeah i know it has been mentioned here b4, regarding the electric fan, but how much is it and what do i as for?? i just walk into NAPA and they carry it??

[silviamirage]

ummm...why do you need the reduction in weight of the spare tire on a daily basis? I have a different driving style/location of course, but there are always those horrible places to get caught w/o a spare tire, and those where cell phones (AAA isn't omnipotent) run out of range.

[silviamirage]

Oh yeah, and if you stop eating the car will be alot lighter at the track:pokeWhen you said that you removed your passenger seat, do you mean that you remove it for races, or everyday driving too? Don't you have friends/a live away from your car? :rolleyez

[R240NA]

madscientis you rock!! ahah well as for AAA they better tow me or something ahah but yeah i know it has been mentioned here b4, regarding the electric fan, but how much is it and what do i as for?? i just walk into NAPA and they carry it??

Save your money. You already have an electric fan.

[themadscientist]

Is your car five lug? FD3S RX7s have a wicked skinny spare on a spoked Enkei wheel!

[Two-Forty]

daily driven car and u take all that out, I would like to know what your local authorities has to say when he sees your car stripped down to the bone, let alone the safety issues that comes to mind...

[themadscientist]

what safety issues, I have a six point cage and four point harnesses.

[silviamirage]

K-car-

good point, probably would have stopped going anywhere with him when he took out the a/c anyway though.

[themadscientist]

80 down Air conditioning

[TrueSlide]

Man, fix-a-flat people, fix-a-flat

[themadscientist]

don't snort that you'll get dain bramage!

[silviamirage]

Fix o flat, hmmm...my friends used to use that on their bicycles, worked, but added around 3lbs to each tire, which isn't exacltly good in the bike business, where 40 grams is a big weight savings.

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[ESPER]

ahah u guys are hilarious, yeah all my friends opt to take taxis when we go out and my g/f wears ear plugs ahahah :alcoholic so anyways, yeah i guess i am gonna stop stripping the car down after i remove the airbags, (sell them and use the money for the new momo steerting wheel i wanted !! :icesangel ) but yeah, point taken BUY STILL NO SPARE :asthanos MuHAhAHawhat can i say i like to live dangerously hehe P.S. i am going to drive w/o a HOOD for not only weight loss but also for maximum INTAKE ahahahah :bshake

[silviamirage]

See, that's why I'm going for a quiet but free flowing cat and a blow off valve that does it's job without producing too much noise, I like having some semblance of a sex life :smoker

Also, I don't want to have to buy a 12" sub and two 1k watt amps just to hear my music :poke

[s14=pimpin']

LOL, the only way I can hear my tunes is with my 10"!

good thread, and leave the guy alone K, its his ride, let him be **** up a creek without a spare **oops** I mean paddle!



good looking out all the same, great thread!

anyone know what the OE 16" rims weigh? Too lazy to do a search, thanks!

[MadSideways]

There's alot of performance parts out there that will significantly lower the weight of your car, when done together:

* Big Brake Kit's* Full Coilover Kits* Lightweight rims* Lightweight tires* Aftermarket bucket seats* aftermarket batteries* aftermarket steering wheels

You could also replace most of the glass in your car with plexiglass.

Out of all the weight reductions, weight lost at or near the suspension will be felt the most, especially for autocrossing events.

[matt240det]

i don't think big brakes are a weight reduction, usually they add weight, my weight reduction on my 90 240 is as follows:no ac, no power steering, interior completly removed. rear wiper and wiper motor, front wipers and wiper motor, cruise control, remove radio and all speakers remove heater core( this means you will have no heat of defrost this isn't a daily driver obviously) take that huge piece of metal out from under the dash, remove front and rear bumper supports (not so safe but weight is not my friend) carbon fiber hood or fiberglass (don't have yet) move battery to the trunk and if you want to go nuts lexan windows and fiberglass body panels which i have not done, and if you really want to go nuts which i don't recommend is take a hole saw to your front frame rails which will reduce weight but also greatly reduce the structure strength of the car and that is my guide to weight reduction i'll take some pics of what i have done so far in a little while

[MadSideways]

If you're talking about swapping brakes from another nissan, then yeah, they will weigh more. But if you buy a real brake kit from wilwood or brembo, they're typically lighter than stock. Most of the weight reduction comes from the rotors, theres not much that can be done for the calipers.

You can drop 3+ lbs per wheel, and that's rotational mass, which is the best kind to lose.

[Exar-Kun]

my plan(gotta have girls in my car)

-light wheels(volk gram lights)(done)-C/f hood-Plexi rear windows, possibly pass/driver side door window-under drive pulley(done)-chromoly flywheel(done)-light weight lug nuts(yes, believe it or not, saved nearly 1lb per wheel)(done)-C/F driveshaft-Fiberglass front end-C/f backed or fiberglass backed seats

lots of other little things, too. but those are the major things. Im shooting for a curb weight of around 2300lbs. that in addition to a turbo KA, pushing 300hp or so should be quite fun at the track, as well as handle very nicely.-chet

[RYNO_s13]

Then again you could always go the route of every RWD dragger in the biz, put some of those skinny@$$ rollerskate wheels on the front.